we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
a judge in florida saying there are portions that could be unsealed and giving the doj a week to explain everything that they say needs to be kept secret. but will it be page after page of black redactions? how will we know? we don t know until we see it. that as a justice department lawyer says the affidavit contains, and i quote here, substantial grand jury information and warns releasing it could have a chilling effect on witnesses. but the judge did release several never-before-seen documents today including the motion where prosecutors argue that they needed to keep their search warrant secret because the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed. there are some more really intriguing clues in one of those documents. more on that in just a moment. but you ve got to wonder just how much the former president actually wants the full affidavit to be released. because his lawyer sitting right there in court today didn t sa
million dollars a day for at least two days following the fbi search. and he s continue to send out dozens of emails and text to supporters. and then there s our cnn exclusive tonight. 18 top trump administration officials saying, the claim from the former president and his allies that he had a so-called standing order to declassify any order he took from the oval office. they say, this is nonsense. he had a standing order, there s the would ve been looking for. that the documents removed from the oval office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them. donald trump issued sweeping declassification orders on multiple occasions. 18 former top trump officials several one senior official calls it, and i am quoting here, bs. that is not my word. another senior official called it total nonsense. former chief of staff john kelly said, another quote, nothing approaching in order that foolish was ever given. look, you cannot just decla
Contribution to whatever donald trump wants to do with your money. what might be most troubling is trump supporters would love that. former president trump promised to make a contribution to the legal fund supporting the rioters charged in the january 6th attack on the capitol. trump made the pledge at a fundraiser on behalf of those defendants which was hosted at his bedminster, new jersey, golf club by the patriot freedom project, a group founded by family members of those charged. trump s speech was filled with misinformation and conspiracy theories about the insurrection. jonathan lemire, your thoughts? you think it can t be more twisted, but this is twisted. bottom keeps getting lower. why not? he called january 6th a beautiful day. he promised to pardon most of the january 6th rioters. he has suggested he ll make a
Biden. they re gonna move on to fauci. they re going to move on to the january six committee. that s what s going to happen. look, i want the answer that you are prepared to, given a listening to it. i understand why you re saying that. kind of troubling, but i understand it. there are just days before the truth social post draw in which donald trump sent a video message to a fund raising event, speaking of the money. it was hosted by the patriot freedom project. that group supports the families of those charged in the capitol attack. take a look at this. freedom is what it s about. that is not happening in our country. people have been treating unconstitutionally, in my opinion, and very unfairly. we are going to get to the bottom of it. this race of extremism, along with repeated attacks in the justice system, now the constitution, and as if it into a pattern of what we saw play out on january six? while, january six is its